Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Gallery News 16 September: Elisabeth Kruger, Ray Crooke, Garry Shead


83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
tel: 02 9362 0297 fax: 02 9362 0318
email: art@evabreuerartdealer.com.au
website: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au


Available soon
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

The gallery is pleased to announce we will soon be receiving
a number of major paintings by Elisabeth Kruger.

Please contact the gallery for further details.

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Hook 2008
Oil on linen
60 x 50cm


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Focus on Ray Crooke

Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Tahiti c.1962
oil on canvas
74 x 100 cm
signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10529

This very good early 1960's work typifies Crooke's mastery in depicting the density of the lush, green landscape of Australia's tropical north and beyond to Thursday Island, Tahiti and Fiji. Around the time this painting was completed Crooke returned to Cairns to paint full-time, living in the picturesque beach village Yorkeys Knob.

Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'

Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.

Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.



Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Phillip Bacon Galleries
Private collection Sydney
no.10537


Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke


Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled (woman)
oil on board
29.5 x 23cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10655


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Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled
oil on board
49.3 x 60cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10657


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Important Australian Paintings

Garry Shead (b.1942)

Garry Shead (b.1942)
Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606


Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead, Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.

Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998

Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important 'Royal Suite' series.

The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for further information or to arrange a viewing.

Visit our website to view other works by Garry Shead


New in the gallery: Garry Shead etching

Garry Shead (b.1942)
The Sacrifice 2009
Multi plate etching 24/65
4 plates with 9 colours
60 x 90cm (plate size)
79 x 108cm (paper size)
Printed by Diane Lewis
no.10860




Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Lagoon 2009
oil on linen
65.5 x 58cm
no.10315


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Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Emma – Twilight 2008
oil on canvas
100 x 88cm
no.9841


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Carl Plate (1909-1977)

Carl Plate (1909-1977)
Third Edge 1961
Oil on board
181 x 121cm
Signed 'Carl Plate '61' lower left
Signed and inscribed with title, verso:
'EDGE/CARL PLATE'
Exhibited: Sydney, Royal Agricultural Show
no.8138

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

Carl Plate was born in Perth and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. He then travelled and studied abroad before returning to Sydney in 1940, where he had a remarkable influence on local artists through the establishment of his famous Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney. He was a highly gifted painter who moved from figurative abstraction in the 50’s to pure abstraction during the 1960s and 70s.

Plate has won prizes such as the McCaughey Prize in 1968 and the Aubusson Tapestry Prize in 1967. Plate is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, regional galleries in NSW as well as institutions in London, New York, Paris and important corporate and private collections in Australia.

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

Ena Joyce (b.1926)
Patrick White Country c.1970
Oil on board
35.5 x 50.5 cm
no.5338


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Contemporary Painting

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Suspending Belief 2005
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 121.5cm
no.8150


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Current Exhibition


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Shadows in Time 2009
Oil on linen
137 x 180 cm
no.10639


Tony Irving is one of Australia’s leading contemporary realist painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Lady Potter Collection as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia. Irving has held exhibitions in the UK, Indonesia and Singapore. In 1966 he was awarded the coveted McCaughey Prize.

Shadows in Time, based on a street in Castlemaine, Victoria, is a monumental work which brings to mind the vast Venice panoramas of Canaletto. Tony Irving’s exhibition Other places, other views is on view now.





Upcoming Exhibition

Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us


Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm

Judy Cassab (b.1920)
The Striped Vase 2007
Oil on canvas
31 x 27 cm
signed 'Cassab 07' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10669


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John Seed (b.1945)
Nautilus
Painted steel
25 x 20cm


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Upcoming Exhibitions

Samuel Wade (b.1979)

Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Platform Composition V 2009
Oil on linen
71 x 91 cm
Signed Same Wade 09 lower right
no.10859


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Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Euphoria, The Tea Party


Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Arcadia 2009
oil on canvas
75 x 91 cm


Visit our website to view other works by Rosemary Valadon


Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Scenes from Life

Opening 24 October 2009, 6-8PM
by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales

Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Inner World
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm


Visit our website to view other works by Madeleine Winch



Doreen Gadsby (Coburn) (b.1926)

Opening Wednesday 11 November 2009, 6-8pm
Paintings now in the gallery to view.

Doreen Gadsby (b.1926)
Hillside - Gourdon 2009
oil on canvas
50 x 50cm


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Featured Graphic

Margaret Olley (b.1923)

Margaret Olley (b.1923)
Poppies and Checked Cloth
Etching 13/75
multi plate etching (4 plates, 8 colours)
edition of 75 (unframed)
58 x 72 cm (image size)
79 x 108 cm (paper size)
no.9795


Visit our website to view other Important Australian graphics




Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts

In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.

How to Use Podcasts

1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.


Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)

Current Exhibition

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition



Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch


November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby


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